Our South Korea kindergarten is looking for Native English Speakers to join their dynamic team in Dongtan, you can easily travel from Dongtan to Seoul, it will only take 30 minutes. If you are qualified, we welcome to see your application! Job Description: *Teach English *You are required to teach kindergarten students *The students are […]

A new teaching opportunity in Gimhae, Gyeong nam, South Korea is available for native English speakers with Bachelor diploma to start in March 2019. The position information includes the following. Job Description: *Teaching English; *You are required to teach kindergarten – elementary school students; *The students are aged from 3-12 years old; *The class […]

Smoking habit data released in 2016 reports that despite recent price increases for a pack of cigarettes in South Korea, more than 20% of young smokers will continue smoking. To find out what those results mean, Korea FM reporter Chance Dorland spoke with University of Illinois at Chicago Health Policy Center director Dr. Frank Chaloupka […]

ConsumerAffairs.com writer Amy Martyn recently wrote a piece titled “Booze, bribes and propaganda: The company that promises ‘safe’ travel in North Korea” regarding the tour company American college student Otto Warmbier took (Young Pioneer Tours) before being detained for allegedly stealing a poster. After being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, the world didn’t […]

The Nikkei Asian Review recently published a piece on rather surprising Moon Jae-in supporters leading up to the special election he won to replace former President Park Geun-hye who current remains jailed following her impeachment. Moon’s support from this group was so surprising, it’s even been dubbed “the great sensation”. Who are they? North Korean […]

Barry Welsh‘s “Seoul Book and Culture Club” recently played host to author Michael Breen, who discussed his newly released book “The New Koreans“. To better understand the text & the Q&A session contained in this podcast, in our previous episode, Korea FM spoke with Breen about “The New Koreans” & why it was written. Now, in […]

Michael Breen is a writer & consultant who first came to South Korea as a correspondent in 1982. He’s covered North & South Korea for several newspapers, including the Guardian, The Times & the Washington Times. Few are more knowledgeable about Korea than Michael Breen, a trained journalist who’s lived here for many years & […]

To prepare for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang winter olympics, South Korea is investing in both infrastructure & athletes, with one sport in particular making headlines for its addition of foreign-born players. Last year, Korea FM reporter Chance Dorland spoke with Korean Ice Hockey Association international coordinator Kwan Choi about the six North American players (five Canadian & one […]

A 2016 education report from The Economist asks if higher wages or less working hours make a better teacher. While South Korea has one of the highest wages for public teachers in the OECD, public teachers in the ROK also spend double the average amount of time on administrative tasks. Korea FM reporter Chance Dorland spoke with […]

Seoul-based reporter Steven Borowiec recently wrote an article for Aljazeera English titled “Why young South Koreans are turning away from religion”. Borowiec spoke with Korea FM reporter Chance Dorland to discuss the personal stories & data from his research, as well as the educational & job pressures that appear to be behind the trend. Read more about […]

To Apply visit this link: http://cips.io/ae982f Job description Job title: English Teacher; Provide English course to students of all ages (3 to 12 mainly); Give demos to new students and do marketing activities; Attend weekly meeting, training, workshop and do paper work required; Handle all class sizes from 1 on 1 to groups; 5 working […]